Outdoors

Fond du Lac Band resumes tradition of harvesting Lake Superior trout to continue culture, feed students
Lake trout were nearly wiped out in Lake Superior by the invasive sea lamprey. But a successful control project has helped bring the trout back from the brink. That’s allowing the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to practice their treaty rights to harvest fish from the lake with nets — something they haven't done in over 150 years.
Wolf population plunges around Voyageurs National Park — the result of harsh winters and fewer deer
The number of grey wolves around the national park in far northern Minnesota has dropped more than 30 percent in the past couple years. Researchers say it’s part of the natural ebb and flow of the iconic predator’s population.
Crosby Fire nears containment on North Shore; section of Superior Hiking Trail set to reopen
As crews make progress on containing a wildfire burning along Minnesota’s North Shore, a section of the Superior Hiking Trail temporarily closed due to that fire is set to reopen Thursday.
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe sues 3M, other companies over 'forever chemicals' contamination
The lawsuit says the band's testing found "alarming" levels of PFAS in lake water, fish and deer on the Leech Lake Reservation. Tribal members depend on hunting, fishing and cultivating wild rice for food, and for cultural and religious practices.
U of M researchers studying how CWD lingers and travels in environment
Four years ago, deer infected by chronic wasting disease were illegally dumped on public land in Beltrami County. Since then, a team from the University of Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach has been studying CWD’s effects on the environment. MNPRO’s study site is in rural Beltrami County, near Hines.
North Shore wildfire prompts closure of part of the Superior Hiking Trail
The Crosby Fire, burning in George H. Crosby Manitou State Park, has prompted the closure of a section of the Superior Hiking Trail along the North Shore. The fire is 210 acres in size and officials said it’s 35 percent contained.